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Different Energy Conservation Techniques for Various Operations in Opencast Mine

Virendra Kumar*, Arnab Bhuiya **, Aditi Chatterjee***, S. K. Chaulya****, Gautam Banerjee*****

*, ***_***** CSIR-Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

** M. Tech. Scholar of Mine Machinery, IIT-ISMS, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Periodicity:November - January'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jps.6.4.15845

Abstract

Conservation of natural resources by increasing the energy efficiency is the primary objective. With increment in the power requirement, there is substantial pressure on innovation and designers are required to take into account the upgrade energy efficient electrical systems. In the current circumstance, the need for energy is substantial, and control of resources is constrained; considering the mining business the foundation of development in any nation requires a great efforts on the sustenance of electric power. The principle objective of this study is the energy conservation in mines by supplanting conventional system with the current innovative systems that would greatly reduce utilization of electricity. In this study, the different electrical equipment that are utilized in the opencast coal mines are recorded with their details and operations. The recommendations are given as per the improvement of PF (Power Factor) of different machines using different customary techniques in the opencast mines where electrical vitality is being squandered. The protection process can be actualized in various mining perspectives and devices like brightening, haulers, transports, penetrating and impacting equipment's, cutting apparatuses and crushers, dragline, dumper, scoop, scrubber and other electrical equipment.

Keywords

Motors, Energy Conservation, Opencast Mine, Electricity, Power Factor.

How to Cite this Article?

Kumar, V., Bhuiya, A., Chaaterji, A., Chaulya, S. K., and Banerjee, G. (2019). Different Energy Conservation Techniques for Various Operations In Opencast Mine. i-manager’s Journal on Power Systems Engineering, 6(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.26634/jps.6.4.15845

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